Matthew Glendinning

European online betting brand Bwin has retruned to the Spanish sponsorship market as Official Betting Partner to four LaLiga clubs: Atlético Madrid, Sevilla, Valencia and Villarreal. All four deals run from March 2017 to the end of the 2017-18 season.

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation, the world’s largest logistics company, has renewed as a Platinum Partner of the ATP World Tour for three years, from 2017 to 2019.

Honda-owned luxury car brand Acura this month signed its first major sports sponsorship agreement, securing a three-year shirt deal with Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew.

US sporting goods manufacturer Nike last month became the fifth Global Partner of the International Basketball Federation (Fiba). As part of the deal, Nike also becomes Fiba’s exclusive partner in the sports apparel and sports shoe product categories and the Title Partner of Fiba’s World Ranking.

A round-up of the key sponsorship deals signed around the world

American football: PepsiCo-owned water brand Aquafina agreed to serve as the presenting sponsor of NFL’s 2017 Pro Bowl.

Air sports: The International Air Sports Federation entered into a partnership with US asset management firm Noosphere Ventures

UK-based online food order and delivery service Just Eat this month signed as a second-tier Official Partner of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) in order to build up its regional footprint in the UK and reinforce the brand as the market leader in its category.

Global insurance firm Allianz has become title sponsor of the professional drone racing circuit, the Drone Racing League (DRL), as part of a major review of the brand’s extensive sponsorship portfolio.

P&G-owned male grooming brand Gillette has become a Local Partner of the ESL-owned Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) event in Katowice, Poland, adding to a growing list of non-endemic brands on ESL’s competition roster.